Lessons in Drafting Edits
I’ve talked about this book before, but The Felled Gods began as an idea in early 2014. In 2018, I gave it to a Beta Reader, who liked it, and […]
Tag Archives: WIP-TFG
Initial Beta Feedback and Style
Last week I sent over my current (finished last year) draft of The Felled Gods to a beta reader. I’d forgotten just how many passes I’ve actually taken, and was quite […]
Lessons in Editing Novels
In 2009, I wrote my first ‘novel’. In reality, it was a re-telling of a published story, only set in my University with bland characters and little to no plot. […]
Milestones in Writing a Novel
Six years ago, I had no idea that I’d ever write a novel. In fact, I had no idea what the steps were, or what it would take to get a […]
Making Progress
Yesterday, I wrote over 500 words. As someone who averaged writing 342 words a day for two years, perhaps that doesn’t seem surprising, but it’s the highest daily word-count I’ve had since January 10th, […]
The Felled Gods: Draft Two Begins
I started drafting The Felled Gods in September 2014. I finished in October 2015. The final word count for draft one was 52,308 words. Far from my ideal, but I […]
Getting Back On Track
Things are finally settling down. I’m almost able to tell you my news on a project, my mum is recovering well in hospital despite some post-operative complications, and after six […]
Weekend WIP #1: TFG – Magic Systems
Over the past two months, I’ve been planning a novel, currently referred to as TFG, with a focus on birds, cats and seasons. As you do. When I began the planning […]
TFG :: A Lesson in Plotting
You may be aware that alongside my daily 429 words of Planes Shifter, I’ve been planning a new novel, which I’m lovingly referring to online as TFG. All I’ll say […]
